Long ago, Beyoncé decided to let her music speak for herself.
“I’m grateful I have the ability to choose what I want to share,” she told Harper’s Bazaar last year, in a brief, extremely rare interview that reads as if it may have been conducted via e-mail. “One day I decided I wanted to be like Sade and Prince. I wanted the focus to be on my music, because if my art isn’t strong enough or meaningful enough to keep people interested and inspired, then I’m in the wrong business.
“I’m grateful I have the ability to choose what I want to share,” she told Harper’s Bazaar last year, in a brief, extremely rare interview that reads as if it may have been conducted via e-mail. “One day I decided I wanted to be like Sade and Prince. I wanted the focus to be on my music, because if my art isn’t strong enough or meaningful enough to keep people interested and inspired, then I’m in the wrong business.
- 8/15/2022
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
With her new album Renaissance, Beyoncé flung open the doors to a nightclub of her own making, a place where anyone can be the hottest person in the galaxy. Released last Friday, the album traverses eras of dance music to conjure the superhuman confidence and deeply human connection of a night out. The thematic triumph of the auteur’s seventh album is this union of the extraordinary and the earthly across it, a duality that lives on the dancefloors Renaissance was inspired by—and in all of us. You can...
- 8/2/2022
- by Mankaprr Conteh
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé knows the world needs a reason to rejoice right now. With an ongoing pandemic, polarizing politics, an uptick in senseless violence, and the impending global climate crisis, we're overwhelmed. "Renaissance" couldn't have arrived at a better time.
"My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment . . . A place to scream, release, feel freedom."
Beyoncé's seventh solo album, act one of a three-part series, arrives six years after she bared her soul on 2016's "Lemonade." Much like her previous offering, "Renaissance" marks a new era in Beyoncé's evolution - one leading with freedom, confidence, and pure, unadulterated fun. The 28-time Grammy-winning icon has been known to boldly experiment with many genres - pop, blues, and country are just some of her favorites - and "Renaissance" is every bit as daring as it is revolutionary. It pushes to the forefront the music of the ballroom, late-'70s disco-funk era,...
"My intention was to create a safe place, a place without judgment . . . A place to scream, release, feel freedom."
Beyoncé's seventh solo album, act one of a three-part series, arrives six years after she bared her soul on 2016's "Lemonade." Much like her previous offering, "Renaissance" marks a new era in Beyoncé's evolution - one leading with freedom, confidence, and pure, unadulterated fun. The 28-time Grammy-winning icon has been known to boldly experiment with many genres - pop, blues, and country are just some of her favorites - and "Renaissance" is every bit as daring as it is revolutionary. It pushes to the forefront the music of the ballroom, late-'70s disco-funk era,...
- 7/29/2022
- by Njera Perkins
- Popsugar.com
Beyoncé is the dark-mode version of the pop megastar — an upgrade that has now become the norm. The Houston luminary is sleeker, cooler, and Blacker, making everything about the way we viewed things a hot-minute ago seem bland, primitive, and flat-out draining. Indeed, the 28-time Grammy winner may be the only sovereign of pop to have truly evolved artistically while also expanding an enormous commercial empire. Michael Jackson became less cool with each more-ambitious release, going from the effortless elegance of Off the Wall to the forced spectacle of Bad.
- 7/29/2022
- by Will Dukes
- Rollingstone.com
Since announcing her first solo album of new material in more than five years, Beyoncé has yet again taken over the cultural conversation. As always, the legendary musician didn’t disappoint. From the instant hit “Break My Soul” to her photo shoot for British Vogue and making physical copies available for pre-order on her website (sorry, they’re currently sold out), the release of Reniassance has been one of the more refreshing, and exciting, rollouts of the past year. Even an unexpected leak two days before the July 29 release date sparked controversy,...
- 7/29/2022
- by Mosi Reeves
- Rollingstone.com
Bow down, bitches. Beyoncé’s Renaissance has arrived. On Friday, Queen Bey released her long-awaited LP, filled with dance-ready singles, experimental sounds, and sexy lyrics.
The experimental LP opens with a vogue-ready intro before Beyoncé declares on “I’m That Girl:” “I pull up in these clothes, look so good. Because I’m in that hoe/You know all these songs sound good because I’m on that hoe/Deadass.” The album transitions into the tropical, runway-ready “Cozy” before leading into the dancefloor-made “Alien Superstar,” where Beyoncé sings, “No one...
The experimental LP opens with a vogue-ready intro before Beyoncé declares on “I’m That Girl:” “I pull up in these clothes, look so good. Because I’m in that hoe/You know all these songs sound good because I’m on that hoe/Deadass.” The album transitions into the tropical, runway-ready “Cozy” before leading into the dancefloor-made “Alien Superstar,” where Beyoncé sings, “No one...
- 7/29/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Beyoncé is keeping her fans well-fed with new music. On Thursday, hours before she’s set to release her album Renaissance, the singer shared a note to fans on her website, revealing that her new LP is merely the first act of a “three-act project.” She also re-shared a message to fans about the making of the LP.
In her note, which included a photo of her with her three children and an image of her uncle Jonny, Beyoncé said she recorded all three acts during the pandemic over the last three years,...
In her note, which included a photo of her with her three children and an image of her uncle Jonny, Beyoncé said she recorded all three acts during the pandemic over the last three years,...
- 7/28/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
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